Experience

Tapcheck

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Designer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Los Angeles, California, United States -Executing design with the product team As an award-winning fintech company, Tapcheck empowers employers and workers with the employee benefits of earned wage access a.k.a “on-demand pay” and financial education. The result? Reduced employee financial stress, increased employee productivity, lower HR expenses, and higher profits.



Litebub

• Social Networking Platforms

• Lead Designer

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

  World 🏅 Winner Interhackt Hackathon - Communication Category (prev name: Sidebubb) We executed on a no-login messaging platform as a result of measuring a common problem of transitioning conversations from larger zoom call groups to smaller ones. – I led design from proof of concept to production. – I recruited the team, collaborated and contributed to design with 2 other designers, managed the product roadmap with 2 engineers, and maintained the firebase database for gif… Show more 🏅 Winner Interhackt Hackathon - Communication Category (prev name: Sidebubb) We executed on a no-login messaging platform as a result of measuring a common problem of transitioning conversations from larger zoom call groups to smaller ones. – I led design from proof of concept to production. – I recruited the team, collaborated and contributed to design with 2 other designers, managed the product roadmap with 2 engineers, and maintained the firebase database for gif backgrounds. https://litebub.netlify.app (under construction) Show less



Freelance (Self employed)

• Writing and Editing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Designer

  • Nov 2018 - Dec 2022

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area – I consulted with multiple early stage companies designing MVPs such as FavYogis, HOLD, FlashCard etc. – Responsibilities: User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX research, Prototyping, Accessibility, Competitive Analysis, Design Systems, User-Centered Design, Strategy and Design thinking.

• Film Editor

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2022

  Santa Monica, CA – I've collaborated on award winning advertising campaigns for: Call Of Duty MWII Launch 2022, Nike, Apple, Samsung (Superbowl), Intuit (Superbowl), Target, Lexus, Hyundai, HP + many more. – I contributed and supervised the commercial offline workflow involving storyboarding, editing, sound design, sound mixing, visual effects, color grading, conforming and delivery of the final picture.



MSG

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Product Designer

  • Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Santa Monica, California, United States We worked as a team to design an iOS social media app inspired by analyzing the correlation between high follower accounts and accounts that post content showcasing the account holder on camera. We discovered users that don’t want to be on camera are lacking the tools to fairly compete on social media. – I led design from wireframe to high fidelity prototype. – I researched the gaming community (fortnite, roblox, minecraft etc) and potential users through multiple social channels… Show more We worked as a team to design an iOS social media app inspired by analyzing the correlation between high follower accounts and accounts that post content showcasing the account holder on camera. We discovered users that don’t want to be on camera are lacking the tools to fairly compete on social media. – I led design from wireframe to high fidelity prototype. – I researched the gaming community (fortnite, roblox, minecraft etc) and potential users through multiple social channels, iterated design based on user interviews, usability and other forms of testing. – I supervised creative direction in the design and animation of voxel avatars and emotes. https://msg.land Show less



Meeeme

• Social Networking Platforms

• Product Designer

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

  Remote Meeeme - Meme Maker, Sharing & Remixing Community – I redesigned the android app+web experience and collaborated with a team of 6 to iterate through multiple versions of the app to achieve product market fit. – I was one of two co-founders; I participated in many roles including product management, support in recruiting additional engineers, analyzing and executing user acquisition strategies, competitive analysis, and branding.



Techstars

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Venture Deals Summer 2020 - Kauffman Fellows and Techstars

  • Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Team Lead for Bloom Fire Creative Capitalists 🌿🔥 (Group of 5 companies building consumer apps.) – I led group discussions, assigned tasks, and guided startup founders through activities to better understand raising venture capital and early stage startup functions.



HOLD

• United States
• Software Development

• Founder

  • Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area Hold - Pinch Into New Worlds We executed on a photo viewing and sharing platform by analyzing that user experience was a limiting factor in discovering related imagery interests. While slideshows are a bit outdated, the ability to advance into related imagery in a simple gesture was something lacking in the market. – I designed the app from wireframe to production – I managed 1 engineer



Hack for LA

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Designer

  • Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area HelloGov (Simplify calling your lawmakers) -I assigned issues, did usability testing and played all around team motivator. Public Tree Map Project (Google Maps for Trees) – I led the design of the web app and collaborated with additional designers, engineers. Features: – Search for trees based on your location – Display several heat map colorizations for tree characteristics (heritage, water consumption, shade production etc.) – Filter trees by their Family, Species, and… Show more HelloGov (Simplify calling your lawmakers) -I assigned issues, did usability testing and played all around team motivator. Public Tree Map Project (Google Maps for Trees) – I led the design of the web app and collaborated with additional designers, engineers. Features: – Search for trees based on your location – Display several heat map colorizations for tree characteristics (heritage, water consumption, shade production etc.) – Filter trees by their Family, Species, and Genus. Show less



Startup School Online

• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Startup School (YCSUS18) HOLD inc.

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area Mentor / Team lead for Group 507 – I led our team and provided support to other founders. – I gave constructive feedback to founders startup pitches and pitch decks. – I scheduled meetings. – I problem solved for our team and community issues. – I created and iterated on pitch decks for my startup HOLD.



FavYogis

• Product Designer

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

  Santa Monica, CA FavYogis was in need of a redesign of the current web app due to low retention rate. – We collaborated as a team for a new vision of the founders app, I provided user research, user testing, prototyping, UX design and Visual design.



Mapa

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area In analyzation of social media platforms and the need to take photos of food and experiences. We came to the discovery there was a need to collect and comment on items (bookmarking), vs always creating new content. – I designed the user experience for the social app – I created a new intuitive way to swipe and rate a product in user experience



Tiger Chat

• United States
• Entertainment Providers

• Product Designer

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area We discovered that sometimes with 1on1 messaging it can be difficult to say the things you want, we executed a third person perspective of messaging to make it easier and more fun to say the more challenging things to users. – I designed an iMessage app that animates animal heads dictating messages you want to send. With apple announcing Animoji, we felt it was too late to launch the product unfortunately.



Lightborne Communications, Inc.

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Editor

  • Oct 2006 - May 2008

  I assisted multiple editors on Commercial, Music Videos, Live Tour Visuals for artists such as Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan and Jamie Johnson.